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FD-26 (Rev. 12-13-86) : FRI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE °~ — Lo . a tS DATE 03-09-2012 . : a3 : + = F B I : s 5 oF “Awe - i - AC, é = ; : : a 1 Ps oe Date: March 21; 1960 I i oe the following in —_— PL ia plain rrr — . 1 I : AIR. MALL . eho Via = ATR TEL : (Priority or Method of Halling? KA fh — i oe ee ee ree ee ee ee ee ere r= he fa of —s =. CC: T0:¢ Sa. C, 0). ab ee TO: DIRECTOR, FBI | REQ, REC'D. Ye TS “3 FROM: SAC, mewrnzs| bio -a DEG 1.8 1964.

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‘Re Teletype. Memphis 46 Bureau 329/60; Vetterhead . memo to Bureau 3/19/60.

Enclosed Hereith for the Buyéau are 8 copies of 2 letterhead memo..captioned as dbove and dated 3/21/60, giving up-to-date information as of the tine of this

memo 's preparation .

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At 2:00 p.m. on March'19, 1960, | am ef. . per Ses the llith CIC Detachment, G-2, 3rd Army, statione emphis, bic -6 Tennessee,, was advised of the Library demonstrations and . the subsequent arrests.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal in its issue of | March 21, 1960, reported that, Negro Ministérs in Memphis; on March 20, 1960,: appealed from their pulpits for members of their congregations to support the'41 arrestees of March 19, 1960, ‘This issue of the paper reported that the | 41 would be tried in Memphis City Court on March 21, 19 OQ, 7 on the loiterin : AG it iff reported that bé «3 Baptist Church (Negro) urged’as many Negroes as poss bre -3 to attend the trials, .and reported shat [Jang other i Negro ministers approved of the Library sit-ins as an ;

“effort of the students to_get what they believe to be their rights." Tt stated that [or Owen Junior College in Memphis, from which about half of

the 41 arrestees came.

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